War Memorial in Front of Church of St Ignatius

Heritage listing

Details PRESTON SD5429NW MEADOW STREET 941-1/10/206 (North side) War Memorial in front of Church of St Ignatius GV II Parish war memorial. 1922, by J.S.Mangan of Preston, with statuary by Hooper and Webb of Liverpool. Portland stone and bronze plaques. Rectangular monument 22 feet high in the form of a Calvary, the lower part tripartite, with diagonal buttresses, a moulded plinth, and a dado with the centre breaking forwards and continued upwards as an elaborate pedestal to the Crucifix, which is flanked by statues of a sailor and a soldier in mourning stance. The front of the dado has an arched panel in the centre with carved head and crest, containing a bronze panel with dedication, and cusped panels at the sides, containing bronze plaques with figures in relief; the rear has panels with bronze plaques displaying 228 names. Listing NGR: SD5417829896 This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 392094 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.